Depot Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Depot Sandboxes costs $0.18 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Depot Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Depot Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
7-day free trial, no credit card
Max session
24 hours

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Depot Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Depot Sandboxes: $0.18
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Sandboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Isolation
Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Pause and resume
Depot Sandboxes: No
StateSet Sandbox:
SDKs
Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Sandboxes: $0.18
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Sandboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Depot Sandboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Depot Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Depot Sandboxes: No
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Depot Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Depot Sandboxes: $0.180
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Depot Sandboxes: $0.360
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Depot Sandboxes: $0.720
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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